South Bay residents along Interstate 805 are invited to a public meeting on the proposed East Palomar Park & Ride Station planned for the northeast corner of East Palomar Street and I-805 in Chula Vista.

The meeting is set for Thursday June 23, 6-8 p.m., at the Boys & Girls Club of Chula Vista, 1301 Oleander Ave., Chula Vista.

The park and ride facility will provide commuters with access to the Bus Rapid Transit system planned for the I-805 corridor, according to Caltrans.

Included in the project is a direct access ramp at East Palomar Street that will connect to new express lanes on the highway for carpools and the bus system.

The transit station is part of the $1.3 billion I-805 South Project, between East Palomar Street and the I-805/State Route 15 interchange. A second park and ride station is planned at Plaza Boulevard and H Street.

The 11-mile project includes the addition of two buffer-separated express lanes in each direction within the I-805 median.

The lanes will be used by car pools, express bus services and toll-paying vehicles with a single occupant.

The bus rapid transit service will connect the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to downtown San Diego, through eastern Chula Vista.

The project is also viewed as important to accommodating the growth of cross-border trucking from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry through which 96 percent of the region's truck traffic passes.

Construction is expected to begin in 2012. Phase 1, which includes a single carpool lane in each direction is expected to be completed in 2014. The fully built-out project is to be completed by 2020.